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SUBMITTER: Lim ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4167860 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lim Mei Ling ML Ooi Brandon Nick Sern BN Jungebluth Philipp P Sjöqvist Sebastian S Hultman Isabell I Lemon Greg G Gustafsson Ylva Y Asmundsson Jurate J Baiguera Silvia S Douagi Iyadh I Gilevich Irina I Popova Alina A Haag Johannes Cornelius JC Rodríguez Antonio Beltrán AB Lim Jianri J Liedén Agne A Nordenskjöld Magnus M Alici Evren E Baker Duncan D Unger Christian C Luedde Tom T Vassiliev Ivan I Inzunza Jose J Ahrlund-Richter Lars L Macchiarini Paolo P
PloS one 20140917 9
Stem cells contribute to regeneration of tissues and organs. Cells with stem cell-like properties have been identified in tumors from a variety of origins, but to our knowledge there are yet no reports on tumor-related stem cells in the human upper respiratory tract. In the present study, we show that a tracheal mucoepidermoid tumor biopsy obtained from a 6 year-old patient contained a subpopulation of cells with morphology, clonogenicity and surface markers that overlapped with bone marrow mese ...[more]